Well one thing I will say is that my reg# is in the 8700's. I didn't order until a few weeks after my invitation (I had to do a sanity check to see if I could afford it.) I ordered a little over a week ago and have not gotten a shipping confirmation. A quick email to
[email protected] and I was notified that they were "expecting more stock in the next few days" which suggests that the players (or at least my particular flavor, 18GB blue) are out of stock right now. So it wouldn't make much sense for them to send out order invitations unless they had enough stock... right?
So I'm guessing it's going to be hit-or-miss until they get enough players to satisfy the existing demand...